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Crime and Justice News
May 22, 20242 min read
Sen. Cory Booker Calls for Prison Labor Policy Reform
Senator Cory Booker criticized the practice of coercive labor, including working in extreme conditions, and emphasized the importance of...
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Crime and Justice News
May 21, 20242 min read
Judge Orders A CA Pilot Program For Inmates With Personality Disorders
A federal judge ordered California to implement a pilot program for inmates suffering from personality disorders. It was the latest move...
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Crime and Justice News
May 16, 20242 min read
Many Prisoners Injured, Killed In Hazardous Work Lacking Training
Hundreds of thousands of prisoners are forced to work each year, often in hazardous conditions without adequate training, leading to...
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Crime and Justice News
May 13, 20241 min read
Two Killed, 30 Injured In Oklahoma Prison Gang Brawl
Two inmates were killed and more than 30 others were injured in a massive brawl at an Oklahoma prison, leading to a lockdown, a pause in...
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Crime and Justice News
May 13, 20242 min read
Newsom Seeks to Close 46 Inmate Housing Blocks, Not Entire Prisons
California Gov. Gavin Newsom faces a huge deficit this spring, and he is not using one especially big money-saving option. California’s...
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Crime and Justice News
May 8, 20242 min read
'Inmate Welfare Funds' Have Little Accountability, Group Charges
In most states, inmates and their families subsidize the operation of prisons and jails when they pay for phone calls and commissary...
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Crime and Justice News
May 8, 20242 min read
Aging Inmate Population Makes Prisons 'De Facto Nursing Homes'
In state after state, prison systems have long been plagued by inadequate health care, resulting in the spread of treatable diseases and,...
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Crime and Justice News
May 7, 20242 min read
Incarcerated People In Alabama Sue Governor Over Forced Labor
Six people incarcerated in Alabama prisons are suing Gov. Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Corrections commissioner for forcing...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 29, 20242 min read
After A Year, Only One Prison Pell Grant Program Has Won Approval
Lawmakers and state corrections agencies and stepped up potential partnerships with universities after the U.S. Department of Education...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 25, 20242 min read
Missouri Prisons Ordered To Pay 60k To Mother For Withholding Records Related To Son's In-Custody Death
The Missouri Department of Corrections has been ordered to pay more than $60,000 for refusing to give records to a mother trying to find...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 23, 20241 min read
Congressional Panel Advances Bill To Boost Federal Prison Oversight
Members of Congress are working to reform the Federal Bureau of Prisons, with the 41-1 approval last week of the Federal Prison Oversight...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 23, 20242 min read
Texas Heat ‘Cooks Inmates To Death,’ Complaint Says
April signals the beginning of blistering heat for much of Texas. While the summer heat is uncomfortable for many, it can be deadly for...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 19, 20241 min read
New Project Details States' Prison Commissary Prices
In what it bills as the first database of prison commissary lists from nearly every state, listing products, prices and markups, The...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 19, 20241 min read
New, More Dire Numbers on Prison COVID Deaths
No official count exists yet of nationwide deaths from COVID-19 in American prisons and jails, but a new national study shows that the...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 15, 20241 min read
U.S. To Close Dublin Prison In CA, Known As 'Rape Club'
The federal Bureau of Prisons will close a women’s prison in California known as the "rape club" despite attempts to reform the troubled...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 12, 20242 min read
Maryland Prisons, Universities to Start Novel Statewide Program
Maryland's Department of Corrections announced a new partnership with the University System of Maryland to offer higher education...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 10, 20242 min read
In New Jersey, Incarceration Costs Remain High Despite Drop In Prison Population
Despite the closures of four prisons and a 30% drop in the state’s prison population since 2020, the cost to incarcerate someone in one...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 8, 20242 min read
Civil Rights Groups Fight Proposed U.S. Prison Social Media Crackdown
Two civil rights groups castigated the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for a proposed crackdown on inmate access to social media,...
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By Ted Gest
Apr 5, 20243 min read
Will The U.S. Ever Scale Back Mass Incarceration?
Over more than four decades, the United States has built a system of mass incarceration, with 1.9 million people in prisons, jails and...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 4, 20242 min read
Prisoners Struggle With Treatable Diseases Behind Bars
From 2018 to 2022, men in New Jersey prisons died at an average age of 59 years and two months of age, and among those, Black men died at...
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